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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

My new “go to” chocolate cake!

I guess it was last month that I made this (boy has time just flown by!) for T’s birthday. You see he loves chocolate cake and I mean really, really chocolate cake. Good news was he loves this chocolate cake, so much so that I have made this several times since then just because!!!

See how moist this cake is? I also used the frosting recipe and it was delicious too!!!

I put a call out on twitter once again in a state of crisis trying to come up with a fail proof cake recipe. I didn’t want something that was dry or had a large crumb. I wanted a moist, soft, melt in your mouth cake and this one certainly fit the bill. Unfortunately I can’t even remember which one of my wonderful twitter pals sprang to my rescue, I am pretty sure it was Maria of Two Peas and Their Pod but I can’t be certain. Anyway to whoever it was, we can’t thank you enough for this wonderful cake which is a great addition to anyone’s birthday cake repertoire!!!
The first one I made was a 2 layer cake in 2 pans that were about an inch too small and overflowed everywhere. It was salvageable and turned out good but this cake is really moist and didn’t hold up to the frosting to well. I was really glad that this one was for family!!! The kids also decorated it for Daddy.

The second one I made was a 9 X 13 pan and was perfect for my younger daughter’s birthday at school.

What a coincident that I actually went through my recipes yesterday to find this perfect chocolate cake recipe that I am going to use to make the grooms cake for my daughter's small reception next week! It IS the best and as you said, very moist.

I'm a cook at a private school and this cake is the one chocolate cake that we make over and over again with rave reviews from everyone who tastes it! My Hershey's recipe book calls this a Deep Dark Chocolate Cake, I guess because of the large amount of cocoa in it. I have also used half dark cocoa and half regular cocoa in both the frosting and the cake to make it that much more delightful!